The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK

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Mr.. Holland, of the firm OF Holland
j. Johnson, in Chicago, was killed on
the afternoon of the LIST while fixing an
electric fan. He touched the wires and
received the full force Of the electrical
discharge.
The Standard Paper Company, of
Milwaukee, made an assignment on the
evening of the Goth ult- The liabilities
are said to be nearly 5000, 900, the as.
sets are about S130,0 00. At Chicago,
on the morning of the Both ult., the
Sheriff took possession of the property
of the Knights of Labor Publishing
Company on a confession of judgment
for S8l33. A receiver has been APP
pointed and the publication of the
Evening Star will be continued. j. F..
Larkin, who on the goth ult., resigned
the Presidency of the Cincinnati Ma
tional Bank, has, has executed mort
cages to all his creditors upon all his
real estate. He has transferred to the
bank a piece of real estate valued at
$50, 900.
blanche Cook, col0red, aged II
years, attempted TO poison the family
of Mrs. Whalen, in Baltimore, on the
goth ult. She put oil of vltriol IN the
water cooler, and several of the family
were made very sick by it. She also
tried to suffocate Others by turning on
the gas after they had retired. Her
motive was revenge for having been
corrected by Mrs. Nhalen.
The worst drought for years is
prevailing In Illinois and Wisconsin.
There has been no soaking rain in the
northern and central counties of Hi
nois since March, and the roads are
deep in dust, the pastures burnt brown
and the leaves on the trees shrivelled
up. ''Stunted yellowspears" are the
only evidence that corn has been
planted, and fruits on the trees are
"wrinkled and dried to the STEM"
Fires are burning in the woods, and
have caused the loss of many cattle.
In Henry and surrounding counties
the drinking water has been polluted,
and the dried beds of the creeks are
covered with decaying fish. Similar
reports come from portions of Wiscon-
sin.
The boiler of a thresbIng machine
on a farm nea Mascoutah, Illinois,
exploded on the morning of the 1st.
John Plob, the engineer, and
dangerously lnjuring three other men,
AT Pittsburg on the LIST three chill
dren of Mrs. August Belden, whose
ages ranged from two to eight years,
were fatally burned by an explosion of
coal oil during the temporary absence
of their mother. 1t is supposed they
threw some of the OIL on the fire. Two
of them died IN a short time; the other
was not expected to survive the night.
The public debt statement for
June shows a reduction of Sl6.S52,-
125. ~Trt".rash in the treasury, $751;
1873, OF. During the fiscal year which
ended On June Both, the principal of
The bonded debt of the United States
decreased Sl2i,911. 030.
The coinage of the United States
MINIS during June amounted in value
TO S4,357, SOP, including 2,5lG, 600
Iduualu uOllhio.
"A passenger train on the Cincin-
natl and Muskingum Valley Railroad
wrecked near GAINESVILLE, Ohio, on
he afternoon of the 30th nit. The bag
gage car and a combination car we're
down an embannkment. Bag
Lane was severely injured.
AT Chatham, near MorristOwn,
New Jersey, John Wilson, who had
home drunk the night before, be-
zane Infatuated at his little daughter
md fired a. her with an old shot gun,
tut missed lis aim. His wife remOn-
he shot her dead and then
suicide. The couple leave
light children, three of them under six
of age. Henry Hamilton. a
wealthy planter, was lynched in Brad
ey county, Arkansas, on the evening
IT the Goth ult. He and a nan named
)eberry recently murdered two
'rothers named Harris. Deberry es-
'aped and Hamilton was released on
,ail.
Charles Scipio aud Lizzie Train
we're fatally injured by a locomotive
While trying to cross the Long Island
track In a wagon on the ID.
iichael Donohoe, aged % years. and a
even-year-old boy named Brown, were
while bathing at Bath. Maine,
N the evening of the LIST. Five fatalities
reported in Brazil, Indiana, on
he LIST. Burt Claburn, a miner, was
Tiled by falling slate, and Ned"
Armstrong. a miner, was killed by
lghtning. George Heacox, a miner,
lad his back broken by a cage in a
nine, and robert Stewart and Henry
Nolan lost limbs under the cars, sus-
fatal injuries. At Springfield,
Massachusetts,, on the morning Of the
d, Halsey Cams, aged Is years, haG ,
lis scalp partially torn of and one arm
lacerated by a leopard in one Of
3arnum's cages. The lad climbed up {;
o the leopard's cage, and was peerIng
inside when the animal tried to drag
i'm in. lie was only saved by the +,
forts of one of the trainers.
w. ii. Cornish. a young merchant
+ French Camp, Mississippi, was muir
erred, on the evening of the Both ult., {
nd his body was burned in his store.
Bryan, Samuel Garrett and
ionroe Boyd, who were in the store at
late hour, have been arrested charged
With the Prima Mar Salpna Alahapai